By Timothy C. Morgan, Christianity Today. Tullian Tchividjian, Billy Graham’s grandson, filed for divorce on Thursday in Broward County, Florida. Tchividjian resigned as senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale earlier this summer after admitting an extramarital affair. He has since lost his ministerial credentials. There was little public information available about the…
While one Presbyterian denomination celebrates last Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision making same-sex marriages legal in all states, another one grieves, a third states that it does not regard the decision “to be in keeping with God’s intentions for marriage,” and a fourth affirms that marriage is a gift from God between one man and one…
By Jason Helopoulos, The Gospel Coalition. Location: This year’s General Assembly was held in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Moderator: The PCA elected Mr. Jim Wert as Moderator of the 43rd General Assembly. Mr. Wert serves as a ruling elder at Intown Community Church in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been actively involved in all levels of the church’s courts. 2014…
By Steve Salyards, The GA Junkie. The 43rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America will convene their plenary sessions [today] June, 9, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Committees of Commissioners began meeting [yesterday]. The Assembly will continue through noon on Friday. The theme of the Assembly is “Anchored in Christ. Active in Culture.” The meeting will…
While the Presbyterian Church (USA) is in a decades-long membership decline, two other Presbyterian denominations are growing, according to their respective statistics, and a third, while having a slight decrease in its membership totals, grew by five churches during the year. ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians In 2014, the newest member of the Presbyterian…
Responses to the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s decision to change the definition of marriage so that same-sex marriages may be conducted by PCUSA pastors and in PCUSA churches have been varied – from pain and tears that the denomination has departed from Scripture to jubilation that all can be married in the church. The 221st General…
Posted on the NPR web site Allan Edwards is the pastor of Kiski Valley Presbyterian Church in western Pennsylvania, a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America. He’s attracted to men, but considers acting on that attraction a sin. Accordingly, Edwards has chosen not to act on it. “I think we all have part of our…
byFaith Staff LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The Committee on Mission to the World (CMTW) is pleased to announce the nomination today of Dr. Lloyd Kim of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to serve as the next coordinator of Mission to the World (MTW), pending election by the 2015 General Assembly. Dr. Kim has served as a missionary with…
byFaith Staff The Rev. William S. Cain, chairman of the Erskine Board of Trustees, announced today that Dr. Paul Kooistra of Suwannee, Ga., has been appointed president of Erskine College and Theological Seminary. “I am thrilled to have Dr. Paul Kooistra as president and part of the Erskine family,” Cain said. “He is a time-tested…
By Penny Starr (CNSNews.com) – At its annual General Assembly, the Presbyterian Church in America is considering 52 overtures or calls to action, including one “concerning same-sex marriage.” The same-sex marriage overture, which will be considered at PCA’s 42nd General Assembly (June 17-20), was summarized in the denomination’s quarterly magazine “By Faith.” “In response to an increasingly…